Nazeeha Saeed

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Today the Committee to Protect Journalists joined 42 other organizations in a joint statement expressing concern at the Bahraini Public Prosecutor's decision to charge Nazeeha Saeed, an award-winning journalist with Radio Monte Carlo Douliya and France24, with unlawfully working for international media.

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Three years ago, hundreds of thousands of Bahrainis
descended to the streets to demand change. A harsh government crackdown and the
turn to violence by some protesters have since dampened the hope lit on
February 14, 2011. In this context, we asked Bahrainis and Bahrain observers on
Twitter how they think the status of press freedom has changed in the country.
We know what we think: The Bahraini government has fallen terribly short of its
own rhetoric of reform. But we wanted to hear directly from those who work and
live in Bahrain every day.

New York, October
24, 2012--CPJ is alarmed by a Bahraini court's acquittal of a police officer
accused of torturing a journalist in custody in 2011.

A criminal
court in Manama on Monday acquitted police officer Sara al-Moussa on charges of
torturing Nazeeha Saeed, a reporter for France24 and Radio Monte Carlo Doualiya,
while the journalist was in custody in May 2011, according to the official Bahrain
News Agency
(BNA). The agency reported that the court ruled that Saeed's testimony was full
of "contradictions" and not "consistent." Saeed told CPJ that she and her
lawyer are urging prosecutors to reopen the case.

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New York, April
23, 2012--Bahraini
authorities, intent on suppressing coverage of the restive political conditions
that were a backdrop to the Formula One Grand Prix in Manama on Sunday,
arrested at least seven international journalists who were seeking to report on
anti-government demonstrations, according to news reports.

New York, May 24, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists called on the governments of Yemen and Bahrain to end all intimidation and harassment of and physical violence against journalists. In Yemen, on Saturday, a journalist was attacked and repeatedly stabbed by unidentified assailants. In Bahrain, the authorities continue to detain and abuse journalists.